In 1954, a bartender named Ramón "Monchito" Marrero at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, combined BACARDÍ rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice for the first time. The Piña Colada was born.

Seventy years later, the Piña Colada is one of the most ordered cocktails in the world. Its combination of tropical sweetness, creamy coconut and refreshing pineapple is universally appealing — a taste of the Caribbean in a glass.

The original recipe is simple: 50ml BACARDÍ Carta Blanca rum, 50ml coconut cream and 100ml pineapple juice, shaken or blended with ice. But over the decades, countless variations have emerged — the Frozen Piña Colada, the Coconut Colada, the Caribbean Colada with BACARDÍ Caribbean Spiced rum.

Puerto Rico officially declared the Piña Colada its national drink in 1978. The Caribe Hilton, where it was created, still serves the original recipe today. And BACARDÍ — the rum that was there at the beginning — remains the definitive choice for a perfect Piña Colada.